The Short Bio
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He posts things online at Coyote Mercury where he keeps a full list of publications. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
The Less Short Bio
James Brush lives in Austin, TX where he teaches high school English. He claims Newport, RI as his hometown, but after thirty-some-odd years in central Texas, he can’t imagine living anywhere else. He earned his MA at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a James Michener Fellow at the Texas Center for Writers.
He is the author of What Stranger Miracles, Highway Sky, the Pushcart-nominated Six October Stones, Birds Nobody Loves, A Place Without a Postcard, and numerous scraps of paper around his house. He used to edit the online literary journal Gnarled Oak.
His enjoys hiking, running, learning guitar, and spending time with his family. You can find him online at Coyote Mercury.
INFP (I’ll Never Find Profitability)
James Brush saw a career counselor and took the battery of aptitude tests hoping to hear he’d be a good ultrasound tech, marketing guru, or sorcerer. He sat in the waiting room smoking cigars with expectant fathers from the ’50s. He considered the pipe wrench he’d picked up at Home Depot; he could try plumbing. A peregrine falcon on the window ledge tore apart a pigeon for her nestlings. A good omen? When the counselor called his name, he saw it in her eyes. You’d make a fine teacher or maybe a poet. I’m sorry, she added, there’s nothing we can do. You can find him online at coyotemercury.com, and he edits the online literary journal Gnarled Oak.
–the bio from What Stranger Miracles (White Knuckle Press, 2016)